We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
FRED HAMPTONLet me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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We’re not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capitalism, and we know that racism is just – it’s a byproduct of capitalism.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win.
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Everything would be alright if everything was put back in the hands of the people, and we’re going to have to put it back in the hands of the people.
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We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism
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We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.
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Power anywhere where there’s people!
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A revolution is a class struggle.
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A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
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We know that political power doesn’t flow from the sleeve of a dashiki. We know that political power flows from the barrel of a gun.
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People have to be armed to have power, you see.
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Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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